I admire anyone who pursues their dream with reckless abandon. During July’s Comic-Con I was impressed by the multitude of creators in the small press section who just have a go. Especially in artistic endeavours, that kind of leap of faith is a very open one and a degree of humility and vulnerability are required. [...]
Final Crisis: Superman Beyond 3-D #1 Review
Final Crisis is DC’s mega-event for 2008. After the original maxi-series Crisis on Infinite Earths two decades ago that effectively wiped the slate clean from convoluted continuity, we were given the far more restrained, but hard hitting Identity Crisis by novelist Brad Meltzer in 2004. This time the Crisis is Final. Apparently, but no-one will [...]
Broken Trinity Lithograph
Top Cow Productions, Inc. announced today it will make available a limited number of lithographs of Jeffrey Spokes’ triptych image created for the company’s Broken Trinity summer event. The image features the Trinity of the Top Cow Universe – Witchblade, The Darkness and The Angelus. The image was broken into three parts and initially appeared [...]
Pretty Pics
Here’s a look at some snazzy artwork from Marvel. First up is a text-free gander at the cover and the first 3 pages of Mighty Avengers #18, a look back at the disappearance of the eye-patch wearer himself, Nick Fury, as he begins training his Secret Warriors for the Skrull Invasion. This tie-in to the [...]
Captain Kung-Fu
This is what has kept me busy over the last few weeks. Made for a church anniversary, it screened last weekend. Because of YouTube’s 10 minute limit, I had to cut off the stuff at the end which made it make sense in a church context. (It was basically mentioning that Jesus is the ultimate [...]
Coming Your Way
Here’s a bunch of words from various companies espousing some of their upcoming releases, namely some Vlad action from Top Cow, a creepy art book from artist Ben Templesmith and IDW, and finally, the unusual I Hate Galaxy Girl from the fine folks at Image. Top Cow Productions, Inc. announced it will publish the first, [...]
Rest & Mercy Sparx Reviews
I’m always up for a bargain. Lately, I’ve been spoilt. Devil’s Due Publishing is one of the latest indie companies (after Radical Publishing) to offer 99 cent first issues of new series. Both Rest and Mercy Sparx got my attention pretty much for this reason. Also, because I haven’t given DDP much of a chance, [...]
TwoMorrows Sale
I’ve picked up a few nifty items from these guys in the past. They have a wide selection of books and mags catering to the fan of comic book history, specifically stuff from the 1970s and 80s. And now they have a sale on! Woo hoo! The largest sale in their 15 year existence, in [...]
A Song of Fire and Ice Calendar
Dabel Brothers Publishing is proud to announce the publication of the first ever-illustrated calendar from the epic fantasy series, A Song of Ice and Fire, written by George R. R. Martin. A New York Times #1 Bestseller, Martin’s fantasy series has garnered popular and critical praise since the first novel, A Game of Thrones, saw [...]
Radical Trailers
No, I’m not attempting to describe caravans in 1980s vernacular, but rather shine the light on a few trailers from new publisher, Radical Publishing. These trailers for their new comic series had their debut at July’s Comic-Con, and I gotta say, they all look very impressive. I’ve seen a few dodgy comic book trailers in [...]
Read Daredevil and The Sentry for Free
If you’re a fan of bold crime fighters, without super powers (well, sort of) then Daredevil may just be the hero for you. Forget the bad Ben Affleck film, Ed Brubaker has carefully woven an intricate, violent crime saga in blind lawyer Matt Murdock’s title these last few years. Ol’ Hornhead has certainly had an [...]
War Machine Pics
With Iron Man occupied in the Savage Land , the Skrulls may think they’ve eliminated their armored opposition, but War Machine (ie, Tony Star’ks mate, James Rhodes) is out to prove them wrong in this must-read Secret Invasion tie-in! Iron Man: Director S.H.I.E.L.D #33, from acclaimed Thunderbolts writer Christos Gage and fan favorite artist Sean [...]
The Art of Marc Silvestri
Those Image Comics founders sure know how to draw. Without those mad pencilling skills, there’s no way they ever could’ve jumped Marvel’s ship back in 1992 and bring a whole lotta fans with them. Silvestri is one of those original rebels and his pencils on his own creations like Witchblade, Cyberforce and The Darkness (also [...]
